Slow Wi -Fi

[tali1]

My VM 50mb wifi never goes above 3 bars.Yet i have router placed at highest point in house.Last time i changed channel and that fixed problem.
This time i have changed various channels and still poor wifi.
I phoned Vm and they- me lots of tech excuses and said channel clashes are irrelevant (really ?)
I did some speed tests on my smartphone.When i was next to router i got for 3 tests .Mbps
dl17 up16
dl28 up10
dl20 up22

Then downstairs
dl 1.65 up 14
dl 0.53 up10
dl 2.11 up 12

[Togo]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=wifi+mains+adapter&;tag=mh0a9-21&index=aps&hvadid=3174906673&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_9l6ww30peo_e
Get yourself a wifi distributer or amp tali1. Walls doors etc etc will reduce it. It seems low anyway on the first set of figures.

[tali1]

So super duper fibre optic is not the big deal it is claimed.Hell will freeze over before I empty my pockets to cure a VM fault.

[hc4361]

What speed do you get when you connect your pc to the hub by ethernet?

I'm with VM and get 150Mbps download on my ethernet connected pc (which is the speed I am paying for) and around 40 Mbps over wifi on my laptop. My smartphone is a different kettle of fish and the speed varies.

I'm a bit jealous though because even over ethernet my upload speed is never above 7Mbps

[hc4361]

Your router is at the highest point of the house. What is next to it physically and what sort of floors have you got? Ny Virgin router suffered greatly when I had it next to a metal filing cabinet.

[tali1]

Connected to hub is fine -that's not the problem.Anyway i thought while point of wifi was so it it could travel thru walls and floors -otherwise it defeats the purpose of the object? On the several occasions VM enginners have come they have never raised any concerns about location of router.

[Togo]

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

This looks reasonable tali1

[hc4361]

There are many factors that affect your wifi signal. Cordless phones, security cameras, microwave cookers, fish tanks, lots of metal, distance from router, certain building materials, the amount of devices connected at the time...

I am still bothered about your upload speeds - they don't seem right. Virgin told me that their upload speed should be about 10% of the download speed and never much above 7 Mbps regardless of superfast broadband. Your's is much faster than your download speeds when you are not next to the router.